‘40 Days for 40 Years’ – 40 Day Fast May 28th – July 7th

So I’m back from holidays in Colorado and it was wonderful. My wife and I had a great time and are ready to go for the next round of Intro at IHOP-KC!

I’ve been in a zone with this fast that has been called for May 28th. There is such a personal convergence over this thing that I just need to talk about it.

First of all, I was just a kid when the Summer of Love took place. What many of you may not know is that I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during that time. I lived in a small town, [at least at that time] called Livermore which is just 45-50 miles east from San Fran. I remember the Viet Nam war demonstrations at Berkley, I remember the Charles Manson murders, I remember the Satanic churches emerging from the wormwood in which they developed, I remember the ‘gay movement’ starting to kick in with the casual free sex that permeated the Bay Area atmosphere. I remember the December 6th, 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway which was only 5 miles from my house where people were killed and 400,000 people squeezed into a small stadium speedway that had seating for 10,000. I was seven years old in 1967, and was really enjoying life. I was just a kid, but my dad was worried.
Finally one morning [3am] at his job, he was listening to a Kathryn Khulman radio broadcast. She was speaking from Joel 2 talking about a ‘trumpet’ blast calling America to its senses. She included verse 30-31 from Joel 2 about the sun being darkened and the moon turning to blood at the great and terrible day of the Lord. My dad was driving in the early morning hours listening to her and the moon was low in the horizon that night. The hue cast upon it was blood red! He was trembling under conviction and the fear of the Lord, when he made his critical decision…’I am taking my wife and kids outta here!’ Within four to five months we had moved to Spokane, WA on our way to Kelowna, BC – CANADA!

It was the best day and the worst day of my life. At that time it was the worst day. I loved California. I was a kid, I was having fun, everything was exciting – strange, yes, but exciting! I had stomach aches, they took me to the doctor numerous times to find out what was wrong only to be told it was all nerves. I cried and carried on a lot but to no avail, we were moving and I couldn’t stop that! It broke me! We went to CANADA where we weren’t understood very well. I got beat up some and didn’t fight back, the place was cold, kids had long hair not short hair, it was horrible. I shut down emotionally inside, it was my wilderness.

But, I can say today, sitting in the atmosphere of the IHOP 24/7 prayer room that it was the best day of my life. It was the day my dad decided that he was risking us kids and our lives in God if we stayed in such an environment. Being lead by Jesus he moved us and today I am very grateful he did. I now sit in the prayer room at IHOP-KC watching my own daughter dancing and standing against abortion. I see my son serving in various ways on staff and set in the place of prayer as a growing prophetic minister. I see my wife happy in what she’s doing and can only surmise that 40 years ago God did something mighty for me that I have yet to really connect to.
I think of the 40 years of what appears to be wandering and wondering what God was doing with me. Now here I sit ready to jump in on a fast that will seek God for 40 days attempting to overturn the mediocre lifestyle of feeding the flesh for so many years. I am so excited, I am so thankful, I am so very, very grateful.

Friends, Joel 2 is so clear. It is God’s trumpet blast for us. There is only one way to avert national crisis. There is only one option that God will listen to and that’s corporate fasting and prayer. A corporate humbling and rending of the heart really opening up to the search light of the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin, lead us to righteousness and perform the tender merciful judgments of God.

Why don’t you jump in on this fast as well? Ask the Lord for a plan, he will give it freely. You could be affecting future generations including your own bringing them under the kingdom of God.

Join me. I will try to keep the blog up to date during the fast. Respond in some way if you feel. It’s always better for encouragement if we keep in touch at times like this.

What do you think? ‘40 Days for 40 Years’ Let’s jump in and see what God does.